Language of Love is a 1969 Swedish

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 sex educational film

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 directed by Torgny Wickman. It was an international success.

It gained a lot of publicity when 30,000 people gathered on Trafalgar Square

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 in London

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 to protest against a nearby movie theatre showing it, one of the protesters being pop singer Cliff Richard

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, and when it was confiscated by the American customs

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 when arriving in the United States

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. Following this, it was at some places marketed as a sexploitation film of the "white coater" variety - a pornographic

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 film masquerading as a documentary or scientific film.

A 1970 sequel Mera ur kärlekens språk

Mera ur kärlekens språk

Mera ur kärlekens språk is a 1970 sequel to Language of Love. It dealt more with alternative sexuality and life styles and the disabled but was equally successful financially....

 (More from the Language of Love) had equally successful box office though it dealt more with alternate sexuality and lifestyles and with the disabled.

Two sequels followed: Kärlekens XYZ ("Love 3") (1971) and Det bästa ur Kärlekens språk-filmerna ("The Best from the Language of Love Films") (1973).

One of the films in the series was featured in the movie Taxi Driver

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Taxi Driver is a 1976 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The film is set in New York City, soon after the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, and Cybill Shepherd. The film was nominated for four Academy...

, in a scene where Robert DeNiro takes Cybil Shepherd to a cinema showing the film on their first date.

Remakes of the first two films appeared in 2004 (Kärlekens språk

Kärlekens Språk

Language of Love is a 1969 Swedish sex educational film directed by Torgny Wickman. It was an international success.It gained a lot of publicity when 30,000 people gathered on Trafalgar Square in London to protest against a nearby movie theatre showing it, one of the protesters being pop singer...

a.k.a. Kärlekens språk 2000) and in 2009 (Mera ur kärlekens språk), both directed by Anders Lennberg.